Ehud Olmert

Irmi Olmert, Former Israeli PM's Brother, Punches Reporter, Knocks Him Unconscious

AP | Posted 12.02.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — The brother of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has knocked an Israeli sports reporter unconscious. Basketball executive I...

Citzen's Arrest and Mass Disruption of Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco

Ali Abunimah | Posted 10.26.2009 | World


Ali Abunimah

Bay Area residents attempted a citizen's arrest of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, while he gave a speech to the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on 22 October 2009.

Former Israeli PM Olmert Shouted Down at University of Chicago (Video)

Ali Abunimah | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago


Ali Abunimah

Recording and photography were officially banned at Olmert's request, but we had a camera anyway as protester after protester rose to make a statement before police forced them to leave.

Israel's Former PM Olmert Charged With Corruption

The Guardian | Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


Israeli prosecutors charged the former prime minister Ehud Olmert with corruption today in three separate cases after months of high-profile investiga...

Political Haiku: Cheney Phones Olmert

Frank Dwyer | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Frank Dwyer

Don't complain, Ehud. Since November, George and I, can't get arrested.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert Indicted

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 09.30.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on corruption charges Sunday, becoming the first Israeli premier to go on trial and h...

Olmert's Settlement Blues

Matthew Duss | Posted 08.17.2009 | World


Matthew Duss

Despite it's promises not to take actions that would prejudice a final outcome, for years, Israel has gotten away with building and expanding settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

The Blockade of Gaza, Two Years On

Bill Van Esveld | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


Bill Van Esveld

Under Israel's blockade, only 18 food items are approved for import into Gaza, where 65 percent of people live below the poverty line. Other prohibited goods include soccer balls, ink, and paper.

Netanyahu's Deal: Bushehr for Settlements

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

It hasn't taken Benjamin Netanyahu long to show his true colors by creating new hoops for the Palestinians to jump through in order to resume peace ne...

Netanyahu Pledges Support For Peace Effort: Will Do All Within His Power

Jerusalem Post | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon commended his soon-to-be predecessor Ehud Olmert for his peace efforts and said the Li...

US 'Bombed Convoy In Sudan': Sudan Official

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.26.2009 | World


Varying reports have emerged this week, stemming originally from statements by Sudan's highways minister Mabrouk Mubarak Saleem, that a convoy was bom...

The Right To Freedom Of Movement In The Holy Land Must Be Restored

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

Israel's willingness to abort the Shalit deal by insisting that some Hamas prisoners must be deported reveals a long-term problem, namely Israel's intention to hold on to the West Bank indefinitely.

Let Shalit Go

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.20.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

Israel has been negotiating with Hamas, almost a thousand days have passed, more than a thousand lives have been lost. Let the prisoners and Shalit go home.

Israel-Hamas Prisoner Talks Fail

Al Jazeera English | Posted 04.17.2009 | World


Israel has accused Hamas of hardening its stance in Egyptian-brokered talks on exchanging hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captured Israeli sol...

Gilad Shalit Deal May Be Reached In Next 24 Hours: Haaretz

Haaretz | Posted 04.16.2009 | World


CAIRO ? Sources close to indirect Israel-Hamas negotiations over Gilad Shalit told Haaretz Monday there was a real possibility that a deal for the abd...

Ehud Olmert's Unpaid Dinner Tab Threatens To Ruffle Diplomatic Feathers

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Dion Nissenbaum | Posted 03.27.2009 | World


JERUSALEM -- It may be known as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's last scandal. If it isn't settled soon, the brewing controversy also has the pote...

Israel Toughens Negotiating Stance With Hamas

Inter Press Service | By Mel Frykberg | Posted 03.19.2009 | World


RAMALLAH, Feb 16 (IPS) - Israel is toughening its negotiating stance with Hamas as the two try to hammer out a permanent ceasefire agreement. Accor...

Israel: No Truce Until Kidnapped Soldier Released

Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF and AP | Posted 03.17.2009 | World


Israel will not agree to a truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip without the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit, the Prime Minister's Of...

What Hamas Has Wrought

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 03.12.2009 | World


Edgar M. Bronfman

The crucial point about Hamas that is always overlooked is that at every point in their interaction with Israel and peace-seeking Palestinians, they have chosen the path of armed aggression.

Another Israeli Election Down to the Wire

David Makovsky | Posted 03.07.2009 | World


David Makovsky

On February 10, Israelis will go to the polls to choose a new government, and the election campaigning -- curtailed by Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip -- has resumed in earnest.

Israeli Leaders Tell Mitchell: We Will Respond To Every Hamas Attack

Israel News | Posted 03.01.2009 | World


Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told United States Mideast envoy George Mitchell that Israel ...

Whoops! I Was Dead Wrong about Words and Deeds in the Middle East

James Heffernan | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


James Heffernan

Is an Israeli apology for what it has done to the Palestinians really more intolerable than more misery, more hatred, and more killing of civilians on both sides?

Gaza War Strengthens Israeli Hard-Liners

Nytimes.com | ISABEL KERSHNER | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


JERUSALEM -- With two weeks to go before the Israeli elections, the politicians who seem to have benefited the most from the military offensive agains...

Israel To Shield Troops From War Crimes Accusations

Haaretz | Posted 02.25.2009 | World


The government on Sunday ratified a bill granting aid and support to Israel Defense Forces officers in cases where they face suits for alleged war cri...

Obama Phone Trail Highlights New Mideast Road Map

Diane Francis | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


Diane Francis

Here is the obvious strategy to Gaza crisis that is being whispered about and probably has the best chance of succeeding and stopping the craziness and bloodshed.